Understand Resistant Hypertension with On-line Education

Understand Resistant Hypertension with On-line Education. On this MedNet21 CME Webcast, we’re going to hear more about resistant hypertension: what some of the causes are, what the pharmacologic approach is, and how a new endovascular procedure might hold the promise of improved blood pressure control for these patients in the future.  Let me welcome today’s guests in the studio with Dr. Jim Allen.  First, we have from the Division of Nephrology, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Dr. Christopher Valentine. Joining him from the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and the Medical Director of the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital at the Wexner Medical Center, Dr. Ernest Mazzaferri.

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What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: REVIEW secondary causes of hypertension; Discuss therapy of resistant hypertension; and RECOGNIZE the Role of Sympathetic N.S. in HTN.

You’ll also learn about the following:

• Epidemiology of resistant hypertension
• Consequences of inadequately treated hypertension
• The future of catheter-based renal denervation
• Patient selection for renal denervation
• An On-line Webcast about Secondary Causes of Hypertension
• Lab testing of patients with resistant hypertension

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Dementia Differential Diagnosis and Treatment

Learn about Dementia Differential Diagnosis and Treatment on our latest CME Webcast. As medical science has made remarkable strides to treat and cure infectious diseases, heart disease, and cancer, the result of these successes is that our patients will live longer and just like Ronald Reagan, will be more likely to develop dementia.  On our latest MedNet21 webcast, we will update you on dementia.  First, to discuss the differential diagnosis, is OSU Associate Professor of Neurology, Dr. Brendan Kelley.  Also, to discuss the management of dementia is Assistant Professor of Neurology from Ohio State, Dr. Anahita Adeli.

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What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: IDENTIFY and address safety issues relevant to the patient with dementia, such as personal and home safety, driving, motor disturbance, wandering, and medication administration; DESCRIBE the clinical indications, goals of therapy, and side effects of the current FDA approved medications for treatment of dementia; UNDERSTAND that Dementia is not part of normal aging; and RECOGNIZE that Alzheimer’s disease, while a common cause for dementia, is not the only cause of dementia.

You’ll also learn about the following:

• If we are closing in on a cure
• Diagnostic testing in dementia
• Never-miss causes of dementia
• Managing violent behavior
• Initial drug selection in early Alzheimer’s disease

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.
Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.